Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cheap'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cheap	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	16	53	42
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	52.5	5	2
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	36.1	14	12
WCE - West Central	26.6	6	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	3
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cheap in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"A cheap sort o present!" thoucht Alic on page 88

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Mid Northern A

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
the time. The nichts are ower cheap an wi nae eneuch siller in th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ore. They were made wi coarse cheap leather, faras these boots we
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Cheap Visitors provides easy way to(2017)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Shanny_Watson1 Yon are nae cheap. Far did ye get them?(2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
He's brought the same cheap bottle o reid on page 32
mino's pizza boxes sprayed wi cheap deodorant. on page 35

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
door tae the backie. It wis o cheap hardboard wi a wee rectangle
im as he went alang tae far a cheap panelled door opent on til th
the plain linoed steers, the cheap pented waas. It opened easily
3 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
be peyed for, an it's nivver cheap - an mair aften than nae it' on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
It wis so cheap for Germans tae flee tae Spai
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
is, its a sare fecht in the cheap seats! Bovril fer yer mitt (2018)

@72redz1903 tweeted
ree strikers are ten a penny, cheap as chips, tak yir pick. Poten (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ce tae get rid o'yon bottle o'cheap wine fae 20years ago in ma cu(2017)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
tae be richt haundy tae be a cheap nurse an' hoosemaid tae her i on page 36

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Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
it hed come oot o some auld, cheap sci-fi film. on page 86

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
anger wis bilin ower frae his cheap, condescendin remerks, whit w on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
"There's a big bag ch cheap wool ah wanted tae chuck. Ah' on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
kin see that a few joints and cheap boattles ae Buckie are bein p on page 69
e. Along wae the explosion ae cheap smack fae Pakistan which gave on page 89

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wi six ower-ripe tomatas, twa cheap pink toilet rolls an a packet on page 40

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
pter, Charles, chase, chaste, cheap , cheat, check, cheek, cheeny,
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ces or exhibeetions, jist the cheap tatty junk that rings up the
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Yer wally dugs are cheap tae feed
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t tae this genuine power is a cheap plastic keyring o a Rastaman
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Or an oaff license. Or some cheap boozer somehow constitutes lu
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
???. Cannae beat a good pair. Cheap ones freeze yir toes aff ??.(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e yous sure cos a dinnae come cheap lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
f they're dementit. Ah get it cheap, Then on page 16
mile on the clock. Ah get it cheap. But naebody's gonnae buy it on page 17
hoose that couldnae huv been cheap tae buy and the name on the y on page 86
r skin. It wis whitewash, the cheap stuff that folk use in byres on page 184

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ogue. An aw she gave me wis a cheap crappy crossword book that yi on page 39
owin aff. Smell yi later then cheap-o, she said, Ah might catch y on page 43

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
money tae be made. It wisnae cheap tae kit oot a ship tae gang w on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
chose the cheap an clammy place. They spent on page 112

1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
entertaining, periodical and cheap .’ For aw his failzies an fi
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
felt like a hawf p’und o’ cheap mince! Scot, quite concerned,
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e, Aw ah can smell aff her is cheap perfume an joost a wee hint a on page 5

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n n adventure lies within the cheap blue plastic bag, between a d on page 13

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ay Rab's hair baubles, an his cheap mandolin (nad tae piead wi um on page 3

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae advertise new cheap breidit ham for aw. on page 127

1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
no too dear a yin but nae sae cheap either - mind, if it's no gu on page 68

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
rth much mair than some auld, cheap cliché. on page 77

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hes pluckit a rustly sheet o cheap invoice-paper oot a freshly r on page 72

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
yne war aye thocht o as guid, cheap nourishment for faimilies. We
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
quick tae eat that’s tasty, cheap an satisfyin. An nooadays tha
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
an fantoosh feathers, luiked cheap an gaudy nixt tae it.
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@weenell3 tweeted
.... that's why Labour is the cheap wee toy in a Lucky Bag! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A lodger's life cheap tae steal on page 41

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
said aboot hoorish skirts and cheap hussy beads and durty floozy on page 76

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
se in spite o’ it bein durt cheap , it’s actually pretty priva
1 matches